The Indiana Hoosiers were hit with more bad news after
practice on Monday as Kevin Wilson announced that freshman tight end Evan
Jansen has quit the program and the junior college transfer defensive tackle
Chris Cormier has under gone a knee scope. While the Hoosiers have enough depth at the tight end
position to cover up the loss of Jansen, who was a big recruit out of
Cincinnati, losing Cormier is a very big concern.

Freshman Evan Jansen has left the Hoosier program

Concerning Jansen Kevin Wilson had this to say, “He after a
week decided he didn’t want to play so he left. I don’t think he plans to come to school here, although we
left it open.” I do not want to
make any assumptions, but it sounds to me that this kid just could not hack it
at the Big Ten level, seeing that he quit after just a week into preseason
camp. This vacancy opens up a spot
for either sophomore Anthony Corsaro or freshman Danny Friend who Wilson says
“is one of the better freshman we’ve got.”

Defensive tackle Chris Cormier will miss some time due to a knee injury

Chris Cormier underwent arthroscopic knee surgery to fix an
injury that apparently happened in a walk-through. Even though the surgery will probably sideline the defensive
tackle for only 1-2 weeks it has the head coach very anxious. “We’ll get him back, but he missed the
bulk of the summer, now missing this.
He’s showed some quickness, but he’s missing all this really good time”
said Kevin Wilson alluding to the fact that Cormier’s playing time is at stake
due to the amount of practice is has missed and will miss in the new couple of
weeks. While this is not the end
of the world for the Hoosier defense it could cost them down the road as the
defensive line is a unit that has been devastated by graduation and now some
injuries. Hopefully, Cormier can
return to the field before opening night and contribute to a unit that
desperately needs some depth.